Apparatus for shipping preformed flower pot covers

An apparatus for shipping a plurality of preformed flower pot covers, each preformed flower pot cover including a base having a closed lower end, an open upper end and an object opening for receiving a flower pot, the reformed flower pot cover having a skirt extending from the open upper end of the base of the preformed flower pot cover, the preformed flower pot cover having a height extending form the closed lower end to an upper end of the skirt, the apparatus comprising:

• a container having a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sidewalls cooperating to define an inner packing compartment, each of the top, bottom, and sidewalls having an interior sufface and an exterior surface;
• at least one first stacking shell configured so as to correspondingly receive the base of at least one of the preformed fllower pot covers, the first stacking shell extending from theinteror surface of the bottom of the container;
• and
• at least one second stacking shell comprising a flower pot having a closed lower end, an open upper end and a substantially conically shaped interior base support member extending between the closed lower end and the open upper end of the flower pot, the substantially conically shaped interior base support memeber of the flower pot configured to conform to the contour of the bse of the preformed flower pot covers such that the substantially conically shaped interior base support member of the flower pot is disposable in the object opening of one of the preformed flower pot covers, the open upper end of the flower pot attached to the top of the container with a bonding material selected form the group consisting of an adhesive, a cohesive, double-sided tape and combinations thereof and the flower pot having a height extending from the close dlower end to the open upper end therof such tat the heisht of the reformed flower pot cover is less than the height of the flower pot whereby, upon providing as tack of preformed flowerf pot covers, the preformed flower pot covers are supported by the flower pot so that the skirt of the preformed flower pot covers are supported in a non-load bearing relationship with respect top the top, bottom and sidewalls of the container thereby preventing damage to the skirts of the preformed flower pot covers.